NATO airstrike kills 5 soldiers, wounds 17 in Afghanistan: official

PanARMENIAN.Net - A provincial government official said an early morning NATO airstrike in Afghanistan's central Logar province killed 5 Afghan National Army soldiers and wounded another 17, according to the Associated Press.

The official, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said the strike occurred at 2 am Thursday. He said government officials were in meetings to decide their response and to conduct a further investigation into the incident.

There was no immediate response from NATO to requests for comment.

If it turns out that a NATO strike killed ANA troops, it is likely to set Afghan President Hamid Karzai on another attack against U.S. and NATO soldiers in his country, the AP says.

The president has been deeply critical of civilian deaths by international forces.